Comments on: Irish Surnames D http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/surnames/irish-surnames-d/ Your Friend in Ireland Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Katherine http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/surnames/irish-surnames-d/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Katherine Tue, 04 May 2010 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/ireland/?p=1638#comment-791 I've never come across that name, but I'll ask about it and see what I come up with. I’ve never come across that name, but I’ll ask about it and see what I come up with.

]]> By: sarah yee http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/surnames/irish-surnames-d/comment-page-1/#comment-790 sarah yee Mon, 03 May 2010 23:58:41 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/ireland/?p=1638#comment-790 my grandmother was irish. her last name was Dorris. I've been told i take after the Dorris side of the family. i was wondering what part of irland her family came from. my grandmother was irish. her last name was Dorris. I’ve been told i take after the Dorris side of the family. i was wondering what part of irland her family came from.

]]> By: James Dunning http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/surnames/irish-surnames-d/comment-page-1/#comment-480 James Dunning Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:12:26 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/ireland/?p=1638#comment-480 What can you tell me about Dunnings from Westmeath (Athlone) and Connacht (Roscommon)?  I have met some in Eire, and was told they derive from O'Duinin clan, but necessarily <em>anglicized </em>their name in order to maintain residence within the city or town limits of an English bailiwick during the time of the Penal Laws. I suspect my Dunning ancestor is most likely English, but through progressive intermarriage we are now more Irish than anything else (on BOTH sides), including so-called 'Black Irish' from Antrim, Spanish / Portuguese ancestry verified by DNA (!).   James (Seamus) Dunning What can you tell me about Dunnings from Westmeath (Athlone) and Connacht (Roscommon)? 

I have met some in Eire, and was told they derive from O’Duinin clan, but necessarily anglicized their name in order to maintain residence within the city or town limits of an English bailiwick during the time of the Penal Laws.

I suspect my Dunning ancestor is most likely English, but through progressive intermarriage we are now more Irish than anything else (on BOTH sides), including so-called ‘Black Irish’ from Antrim, Spanish / Portuguese ancestry verified by DNA (!).  

James (Seamus) Dunning

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